Aitor Karanka has reshuffled his backroom staff as he prepares for the Premier League.

The head coach has brought in highly-rated Spaniard Juanjo Vila to replace his compatriot Ivan Perez Munoz as chief analyst at Boro.

The new man has an impressive CV when it comes to computer aided technical assessments of opposition teams and tactics having previously worked at Deportivo La Coruna, Valencia, Spartak Moscow, Real Mallorca and Torpedo Moscow.

Karanka was quick to move when Vila, who has also been a technical consultant to the Spanish FA, became available this summer.

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He had previously worked for the Spanish Football Federation in the youth set-up including a spell as part of the backroom behind the team who won the European U21 Championships in Denmark in 2011 and Israel in 2013.